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Flagler County emergency manager urges hurricane readiness and previews 10,000‑sq‑ft non‑school shelter plan
Summary
Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord told commissioners the county's top hurricane risk is water, not wind, and previewed a state‑funded 10,000‑square‑foot non‑school shelter and other preparedness steps ahead of the 2025 hurricane season.
Jonathan Lord, Flagler County’s emergency management director, told the Board of County Commissioners on Monday that the county’s biggest hurricane threat remains water — storm surge and heavy rainfall — and urged residents to prepare.
“Our big risk and concern is the water, not the wind in a hurricane,” Lord said in the annual hurricane season briefing, which covered accreditation, grant programs and outreach. He outlined the department’s recent scores in the Florida Recovery Obligation Calculation program (debris category 60 of 60; a…
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